data-protector.orghttps://www.data-protector.org/wordpress
Data Protector - Passion for Data ProtectionMon, 06 Aug 2018 09:33:32 +0000en-UShourly1https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.831506621Webinar [en] – What’s New in Data Protector v10https://www.data-protector.org/wordpress/2018/07/webinar-en-whats-data-protector-v10/
https://www.data-protector.org/wordpress/2018/07/webinar-en-whats-data-protector-v10/#respondTue, 10 Jul 2018 11:00:51 +0000https://www.data-protector.org/wordpress/?p=4227Micro Focus presents a webinar how to better protect applications across legacy and modern platforms, use analytics to track and manage SLAs and improve the security of their backup to mitigate the risk of cyberattacks when upgrading to Data Protector 10. To attend the webinar a free registration at BrightTALK is required.

Wednesday, 17.07.2018 um 5:00 am (UTC+2/MESZ)

All details as well as the option to register can be found in the following BrightTALK announcement.

]]>https://www.data-protector.org/wordpress/2018/07/webinar-en-whats-data-protector-v10/feed/04227Webinar [de] – DPzWs 2018/06https://www.data-protector.org/wordpress/2018/07/webinar-de-dpzws-2018-06/
https://www.data-protector.org/wordpress/2018/07/webinar-de-dpzws-2018-06/#respondMon, 02 Jul 2018 11:00:31 +0000https://www.data-protector.org/wordpress/?p=4216Sorry, this article is not available in your language due to the fact that the following Webinar is only in German language available.

]]>https://www.data-protector.org/wordpress/2018/07/webinar-de-dpzws-2018-06/feed/04216Optimize MSSQL backup performancehttps://www.data-protector.org/wordpress/2018/06/optimize-mssql-backup-performance/
https://www.data-protector.org/wordpress/2018/06/optimize-mssql-backup-performance/#respondWed, 20 Jun 2018 11:00:34 +0000https://www.data-protector.org/wordpress/?p=4164Optimizing performance has always been a hot topic. This post contains information on how to optimize your MSSQL backup performance with the Data Protector. As always, with this kind of advice, this MAY be helpful in most environments but is not a general solution for any environment. Please test any of the changes and consult your SQL Server administrator if you have any doubts.

General recommendations

Tuning using omnirc

Database integrity check

SQL backup compression

Parallel database backup

Multi-stream database backup

Parallel database and Multi-stream database backup for Microsoft SQL is available since Data Protector A.09.08.

1. General recommendations

Tuning using omnirc

The following omnirc options are usually a good choice to optimize general backup performance using the MSSQL online integration agent. Using the settings will increase the transfer size and block size to their maximum values. This assumes that the underlying file systems were formatted correctly (64k).

Database integrity check

The option Check database integrity is useful to detect silent database corruption at backup time. Checking the database integrity takes time and eats disk and CPU performance on the database server. If you have different backup jobs for full backups and transaction log backups it is recommended to Disable the Check database integrity on transaction log backups, especially if they have to run very frequently.

SQL backup compression

Data Protector allows to configure the usage of SQL backup compression. By default the MSSQL server settings, configured in the database, are used. Typical backup devices such as tape and deduplication devices (StoreOnce, Data Domain) offer a high performance data reduction at backup time but having issues with pre-compressed data. If you have doubts, or not full control over the MSSQL server, choose to Disable for SQL backup compression.

2. Parallel database backup: Large number of databases per instance

This is a typical example for MSSQL servers that contain hundreds of databases per instance. Even if they are relatively small the processing rate will be slow. The solution is to configure the integration agent to backup multiple databases at the same time. The following example assumes you have successfully installed the agent on the client system. Then add the following omnirc options to the client system to enable parallel processing.

Choose the right amount of target devices. B2D libraries can open multiple data streams per gateway. In our example here up to 4 data streams will be accepted.

In Backup Object Summary select Properties of the MSSQL server and change Concurrent streams in the MS SQL Integration tab to match the number of data streams selected for destination devices. This is 4 in our example.

When the backup is executed we see 4 active data connections and the backup proceed very quickly compared to a single stream backup.

3. Multi-stream database backup: For of a few large databases

If the MSSQL server that contains only a few, but very large databases the following might be useful. The solution is to configure the integration agent to backup databases with multiple data streams. The following example assumes you have successfully installed the agent on the client system. Then add the following omnirc options to the client system to enable multi-streaming. Please note that the number of streams per database is configured in this file. In our example we use 2 concurrent streams.

The entire MSSQL Server needs to be selected for backup. Each database will be backed up in 2 pieces.

Choose the right amount of target devices. B2D libraries can open multiple data streams per gateway. If we choose 4 here we will be able to accept up to 4 data streams. This is true for multi-streaming as well as for parallel backup.

In Backup Object Summary select Properties of the MSSQL server and change Concurrent streams in the MS SQL Integration tab to match the number of data streams selected for destination devices. This is 4 in our example.

When the backup is executed we see 4 active data connections and the backup proceed very quickly compared to a single stream backup. 2 databases are backed up at the same time and each database is backed up in 2 pieces.

]]>https://www.data-protector.org/wordpress/2018/06/optimize-mssql-backup-performance/feed/04164Access the Data Protector WebUIhttps://www.data-protector.org/wordpress/2018/06/access-data-protector-webui/
https://www.data-protector.org/wordpress/2018/06/access-data-protector-webui/#respondWed, 06 Jun 2018 11:00:15 +0000https://www.data-protector.org/wordpress/?p=4081Data Protector 10 features the new WebUI integrated in the Home context of the legacy MFC GUI. The WebUI in Data Protector A.10.03 includes the Dashboard, Telemetry, Scheduler, Missed Job Executions and Global Option Tuning. Did you know that it is possible to access the WebUI from outside the MFC GUI? The following quick guide demonstrates how to make it work.

Prepare a Web User

Connect to the MFC GUI. In the Users context select an existing user or create a new user. In A.10.03 and later each user also has a Web User Name based on the Name, Group and Domain. Select Reset Password for the user that should be used.

IMPORTANT: Starting with A.10.03 and later editing the UserList file manually with a text editor is no longer supported and may cause issues to the KeyCloak service.

Trust the Root Certificate

Navigate the your browser to https://CellManager.domain.com:7116 to start the process.

Then review the certificate and install the CA root certificate to your clients Trusted Root Certificates.

Make sure to select the CA Root Certificate here.

You can install it for the currently logged in user or the whole system.

Confirm the system warning as a last step.

Access the WebUI

The URI https://CellManager.domain.com:7116/dp-nextgen/js/index.html can be opened from any client to access the Data Protector WebUI. Login with the username and password prepared in the first step.

Modern browsers such as Chrome, Firefox or Edge offer the best performance for the new WebUI.

]]>https://www.data-protector.org/wordpress/2018/06/access-data-protector-webui/feed/04081SYSBACKUP for Oracle 12chttps://www.data-protector.org/wordpress/2018/05/sysbackup-oracle-12c/
https://www.data-protector.org/wordpress/2018/05/sysbackup-oracle-12c/#respondMon, 28 May 2018 11:00:48 +0000https://www.data-protector.org/wordpress/?p=4083Starting with Oracle 12c three new administrative roles and users have been introduced to conform the principle of access to the least privilege. The users and roles named SYSBACKUP, SYSDG and SYSKM will be created when the database is created with their account in expired and locked status. SYSBACKUP is used to perform backup and recovery operations from either Oracle Recovery Manager (RMAN) and or through SQL*Plus – you can see all privileges within the Oracle documentation.

If a Oracle 12c is detected on the client system, Data Protector A.10.01 and later now automatically uses sqlplus user/password@SID AS SYSBACKUP as the connection string to the database. As a result you may encounter the following backup issue after a Data Protector client or a Oracle database upgrade.

Older Oracle databases (10g, 11i) do not require changes as they will continue to use SYSDBA.

This can be changed using the omnirc variable OB2_ORACLE_USE_SYSDBA=1 on the database server if you are not able to adopt these changes immediately. Starting with Data Protector A.10.03 the following command can be used to push this parameter to the client system. A restart of the services is not required.

Data Protector A.10.03 was released as a full install therefore the cumulative patch 10.04 can only be installed on top of A.10.03. A direct upgrade from A.10.00, A.10.01 or A.10.02 is not possible!

It is recommended to install it on all Installation Servers (IS) and the Cell Managers (CM). Then push the new packages from the IS to all Data Protector client systems to get the latest fixes into effect.

This patch can also be installed locally on Windows Data Protector client systems. In this case only components that were locally installed on the client will be updated. Linux and UNIX clients still require an Installation Server while updated packages can be extracted from the Linux or UNIX Installation server manually.

You can download the Patch Bundle from https://softwaresupport.softwaregrp.com after logging in using a Software Passport account. Please remember that a valid Support Contract (SAID) must be associated with your account to be able to access the provided link of the release notes below.

To avoid any installation issues make sure to read the release notes carefully and make sure to take notes of any hot fixes installation not being part of the patch.

]]>https://www.data-protector.org/wordpress/2018/05/data-protector-10-patch-bundle-a-10-04-build-182/feed/24128Webinar [de] – DPzWs 2018/05https://www.data-protector.org/wordpress/2018/05/webinar-de-dpzws-2018-05/
https://www.data-protector.org/wordpress/2018/05/webinar-de-dpzws-2018-05/#respondWed, 23 May 2018 11:15:01 +0000https://www.data-protector.org/wordpress/?p=4142Sorry, this article is not available in your language due to the fact that the following Webinar is only in German language available.

]]>https://www.data-protector.org/wordpress/2018/05/webinar-de-dpzws-2018-05/feed/04142Complex Schedules in Data Protectorhttps://www.data-protector.org/wordpress/2018/05/complex-schedules-data-protector-10-03/
https://www.data-protector.org/wordpress/2018/05/complex-schedules-data-protector-10-03/#respondWed, 09 May 2018 11:00:43 +0000https://www.data-protector.org/wordpress/?p=4032Transitioning to the new Consolidated Scheduler, introduced with Data Protector A.10.00, can be a challenge. Especially when customized schedules have been used in the Legacy Scheduler to overcome former product limitations. A common example are manually modified schedule files to execute jobs at the last weekend of the month.

Data Protector A.10.03 improves the overall upgrade experience from previous versions such as 8.1x and 9.x. During the upgrade existing Legacy- and Advanced Scheduler schedules are migrated into the new Consolidated Scheduler. Once the upgrade is complete a summary is displayed by the installer. Details on schedule migration are logged into the file migration.log on the Cell Manager.

Successfully migrated schedule files (Legacy Scheduler) are kept in the corresponding directories on the Cell Manager but are renamed to SpecName.migrate. Empty schedule files are skipped. This allows manual modifications to any non-successfully migrated schedule files and re-run the schedule migration at a later point in time using omnidbutil -migrate_schedules.

While most of the schedules should be migrated without user intervention, manually created or modified schedules might cause issues during the migration. Here is an example of the migration.log where one backup and two copies fail to migrate. Usually those schedules need to be re-created in the Consolidated Scheduler.

Similar to the Advanced Scheduler the Consolidated Scheduler is integrated into the Internal Database (IDB). Direct modifications to schedule files are not possible.

Custom schedule with a single specification

The schedule file for BACKUP_FS contains a manually modified schedule that executes an Incr1 backup every Sunday at 02:00 with an exception of the last Sunday of the month where it is executed as Full.

The result is that all non-conflict slots are filled with BACKUP_FS-incr1. Conflicts are avoided.

Custom schedule with a two specifications

The schedule files for COPY_FS_WEEKLY and COPY_FS_MONTHLY also contain manually modified schedules. COPY_FS_WEEKLY is executed every Sunday at 21:00 with exception of the last Sunday where COPY_FS_MONTHLY is executed instead. There are two specifications because different target devices or media pools should be used for weekly and monthly execution.

The result is that all non-conflict slots are filled with COPY_FS_WEEKLY. Conflicts are avoided, even with disabled schedules.

]]>https://www.data-protector.org/wordpress/2018/05/complex-schedules-data-protector-10-03/feed/04032Webinar [en] – Introducing Data Protector 10.03https://www.data-protector.org/wordpress/2018/04/webinar-en-introducing-data-protector-10-03/
https://www.data-protector.org/wordpress/2018/04/webinar-en-introducing-data-protector-10-03/#respondThu, 26 Apr 2018 11:00:01 +0000https://www.data-protector.org/wordpress/?p=4017We already reported about the updated release of Data Protector 10.03, now Microfocus presents a webinar with a live demo of all new features as well as the new documentation portal. To attend the webinar a free registration at BrightTALK is required.

Wednesday, 03.05.2018 um 5:00 pm (UTC+2/MESZ)

All details as well as the option to register can be found in the following BrightTALK announcement.

]]>https://www.data-protector.org/wordpress/2018/04/webinar-en-introducing-data-protector-10-03/feed/04017dp.tips deactivationhttps://www.data-protector.org/wordpress/2018/04/dp-tips-deactivation/
https://www.data-protector.org/wordpress/2018/04/dp-tips-deactivation/#respondMon, 23 Apr 2018 11:00:43 +0000https://www.data-protector.org/wordpress/?p=4012As update to the post https://www.data-protector.org/wordpress/2016/04/dp-tips/ please note that the short-URL dp.tips will be deactivated in near future.

]]>https://www.data-protector.org/wordpress/2018/04/dp-tips-deactivation/feed/04012Effectively manage omnirc optionshttps://www.data-protector.org/wordpress/2018/04/effectively-manage-omnirc-options/
https://www.data-protector.org/wordpress/2018/04/effectively-manage-omnirc-options/#respondFri, 20 Apr 2018 11:00:57 +0000https://www.data-protector.org/wordpress/?p=3952Data Protector is highly customizable product with a wide range of configuration options. While the any global options applies to the whole Cell, the omnirc configuration file allows the user to tweak a specific client or just a module on that client system. It you have to manage a large amount of individual clients this can become a management challenge to make sure the right omnirc options are present on the right the client system.

Over the years several ways to deal with this has been found, e.g. the script omnircsync.pl (available in the download section) using the util_cmd -setomnirc push functionality. This functionality is adopted with the release of Data Protector A.10.03 into the product. We want to share some pretty handy use cases and examples of the new omnicc -update_omnirc command.

It allows to push one omnirc option (key/value pair) at a time and you can select a specific operating system type, client systems with a specific agent installed or a set of hosts in a comma separated list or from a input file.

Define settings to an individual client system

]]>https://www.data-protector.org/wordpress/2018/04/effectively-manage-omnirc-options/feed/03952Webinar [de] – DPzWs 2018/04https://www.data-protector.org/wordpress/2018/04/webinar-de-dpzws-2018-04/
https://www.data-protector.org/wordpress/2018/04/webinar-de-dpzws-2018-04/#respondFri, 13 Apr 2018 11:00:17 +0000https://www.data-protector.org/wordpress/?p=3999Sorry, this article is not available in your language due to the fact that the following Webinar is only in German language available.

The 117 GR Patches must be installed on top of the 115 and 116 GR Patches (which requires Patch Bundle 9.09).

It is recommended to install all the GR Patches as a group regardless if the updated components are used or not. It should be applied on all Installation Servers (IS) and Cell Managers (CM) in the correct order. Then push the new packages from the IS to all relevant Data Protector client systems that have relevant components installed to get the latest fixes into effect.

This patches can also be installed locally on Windows Data Protector client systems if the Patch Bundle has been installed locally. In this case only components that were locally installed on the client will be updated. Linux and UNIX clients still require an Installation Server while updated packages can be extracted from the Linux or UNIX Installation server manually.

You can download the GR Patches from https://softwaresupport.softwaregrp.com after logging in using a Software Passport account. Please remember that a valid Support Contract (SAID) must be associated with your account to be able to access the provided link of the release notes below.

To avoid any installation issues make sure to read the release notes of each patch carefully and make sure to take notes of any hot fixes installation not being part of the patch.

While you might expect a Patch Bundle, Micro Focus decided to simplify the upgrade and installation by delivering a full build. Data Protector 10.03 does not require any previous version to install the latest version of Data Protector in a new environment, you can as well upgrade directly from Data Protector 8.1x. 9.0x, 10.0x to version 10.03 – there is no need to install Data Protector 10.0x as upgrade step.

Data Protector 10.03 is a fully featured Media Kit and therefore currently not available in the Software Support Online (SSO) Portal for download.

You can download it from the Software Licenses and Downloads Portal after logging in using a Micro Focus Software Passport account. Please remember that a valid Support Contract (SAID) must be associated with your account.

To avoid any installation issues make sure to read the release notes carefully and make sure to take notes of any hot fixes installation not being part of the new version.

Major Enhancements:

Rebranding

Full re-branding, Data Protector has been updated to the Micro Focus name and theme

Scheduler Enhancements

An one-time maintenance job can now be created, edited, and deleted using the Scheduler

Schedules can now disabled or enabled through the Scheduler

Holidays are now visible in the month and day view

‘omnidbutil‘ has now an option to create, modify, list, export, import, and delete schedules using the CLI

User management

Web Access (for the new UI) will be provided to all User. Within an upgrade the existing users will be migrated to have web access

Users can use their web username and password with REST APIs

Users and groups operations like add, modify, delete, and list can be performed through GUI and CLI commands

Resetting or clearing password can be done through GUI and CLI commands (this can be done only by a user with DP Admin privileges)’omnisetup.sh’ improvements

‘omnisetup.sh’ improvements

You can install/upgrade the latest release or patch bundle on Cell Manager, Installation Server, or locally on UNIX clients

New Customer Information Portal at https://docs.microfocus.com/?DP is available (no login required), it contains the latest documentation at any given time and allows to generate PDF files for offline usage

The local PDF documentation has been removed from the installation media

]]>https://www.data-protector.org/wordpress/2018/03/data-protector-10-updated-release-a-10-03-build-181/feed/03879Idea Exchange for Data Protectorhttps://www.data-protector.org/wordpress/2018/03/idea-exchange-portal-support-forums/
https://www.data-protector.org/wordpress/2018/03/idea-exchange-portal-support-forums/#respondTue, 20 Mar 2018 11:00:40 +0000https://www.data-protector.org/wordpress/?p=3853There has been an interesting addition to the Micro Focus Software Community on March 12th 2018. The new Idea Exchange portal offers an easy way to share your ideas on how to improve Data Protector and influence the product future. This special part of the Software Community is moderated by product management and you can directly submit your own feature requests or vote on existing requests to speed up their implementation.

The Idea Exchange will replace the existing Enhancement Request process via the SSO portal to make the whole process more transparent for the end user. So if you have urgent requests I strongly encourage you to submit them via the Idea Exchange, vote or simply join the discussion. It is open for all existing customers with an active SAID linked to their Software Passwort account.

]]>https://www.data-protector.org/wordpress/2018/03/idea-exchange-portal-support-forums/feed/03853Webinar [de] – DPzWs 2018/03https://www.data-protector.org/wordpress/2018/03/webinar-de-dpzws-2018-03/
https://www.data-protector.org/wordpress/2018/03/webinar-de-dpzws-2018-03/#respondMon, 12 Mar 2018 11:00:48 +0000https://www.data-protector.org/wordpress/?p=3846Sorry, this article is not available in your language due to the fact that the following Webinar is only in German language available.

]]>https://www.data-protector.org/wordpress/2018/03/webinar-de-dpzws-2018-03/feed/03846Webinar [de] – DPzWs 2018/02https://www.data-protector.org/wordpress/2018/02/webinar-de-dpzws-2018-02/
https://www.data-protector.org/wordpress/2018/02/webinar-de-dpzws-2018-02/#respondMon, 19 Feb 2018 11:00:17 +0000https://www.data-protector.org/wordpress/?p=3836Sorry, this article is not available in your language due to the fact that the following Webinar is only in German language available.

]]>https://www.data-protector.org/wordpress/2018/02/webinar-de-dpzws-2018-02/feed/03836Data Protector 9 – updated support timelinehttps://www.data-protector.org/wordpress/2018/01/data-protector-9-updated-support-timeline/
https://www.data-protector.org/wordpress/2018/01/data-protector-9-updated-support-timeline/#respondTue, 16 Jan 2018 11:00:56 +0000https://www.data-protector.org/wordpress/?p=3697On 15/01/2018, Micro Focus has adjusted the support timeline for Data Protector 9.0x. All dates have been extended by 6 months, so the support for Data Protector 9.0x ends instead of the 06/30/2018 now on 12/31/2018.

For a quick overview all dates are visualized in the following figure.

Last update: Jan. 15, 2018

All details can be found in the Knowledge Base document KM02819523. End of Support or Discontinued information can be found on the Obsolescence & Migrations page of Micro Focus Software Support.

]]>https://www.data-protector.org/wordpress/2018/01/data-protector-9-updated-support-timeline/feed/03697Webinar [de] – DPzWs 2018/01https://www.data-protector.org/wordpress/2018/01/webinar-de-dpzws-2018-01/
https://www.data-protector.org/wordpress/2018/01/webinar-de-dpzws-2018-01/#respondMon, 15 Jan 2018 11:00:08 +0000https://www.data-protector.org/wordpress/?p=3613Sorry, this article is not available in your language due to the fact that the following Webinar is only in German language available.

]]>https://www.data-protector.org/wordpress/2018/01/webinar-de-dpzws-2018-01/feed/03613Statistics 2017https://www.data-protector.org/wordpress/2018/01/statistics-2017/
https://www.data-protector.org/wordpress/2018/01/statistics-2017/#respondMon, 01 Jan 2018 10:00:04 +0000https://www.data-protector.org/wordpress/?p=3454Following the tradition, a review of 2017 – the worst year in the history of data-protector.org.

There were 5 new articles in the first 2 months before Daniel left us. The more than 275 articles were visited 150,000 times by some 61,000 visitors (page views). The day with the most visitors was the 17th of February when the news of Daniel’s death was published, more than 1400 people visited the site that day. The most popular articles were posts on patch bundles, support matrices, how to install Data Protector licenses, and of course posts from the previous years. The most popular sites remain BRICK and Downloads.

The hits were from 175 countries, mainly from Germany, USA, India and Brazil, followed by England and France. More than 450 visitors are automatically informed about new articles. Most visitors come here via Google and Bing, usually you will find data-protector.org from at least the first 10 results.

This year, data-protector.org has reached over 1,000,000 page views, all the necessary updates and customizations have been made, and in the near future all missing information from 2017 on patches, Data Protector 10, etc. will be incorporated and new articles will be published.